by Brian | Jun 5, 2020 | Culture, Current Events
Note: Friends, normally, this is something I’d say on a Monday night, instead of posting it here. Though it lives on the world wide web, this blog is for the Young Adults of Calvary Philly, and at the moment, this seemed to be the best way to get it out to you guys....
by Brian | May 19, 2020 | Culture, Current Events, Spiritual Life
In our current climate of sickness, lock downs, re-openings, and “new normals,” we also have new questions to think through—especially in terms of how we relate to each other now that there are many different opinions about the issues COVID-19 has...
by Brian | May 13, 2020 | Anxiety, Culture, Current Events
Consider the connections between these three proverbs: The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” (Proverbs 22:13) The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets! As a door turns...
by Brian | May 5, 2020 | Culture, Current Events
Many thoughtful Christians are generating helpful responses to the last month-and-a-half which model different ways Christians might think about what we’ve faced and are facing, from the sickness to the lockdown. For instance, here’s Carl Trueman [emphasis...
by Brian | Apr 29, 2020 | Culture
This post might only appeal to those of you who know that Stoicism has enjoyed a little bit of a revival in interest among evangelical Christians in the last few years. It seems that John Calvin had some choice words for the old Greek philosophers in book three of his...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2020 | Culture, Current Events, Spiritual Life, Technology
NOTE: Friends, this is a guest post from Tony DeFranco, who wrote it last week. I find Tony’s thoughts helpful and edifying. Enjoy! –BW Monday March 30th marked the start of week three. The third week of attempting to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19. That...
